Dr. Suraya Dalil, Minister of Public Health of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Traveled to southern Kandahar province and inaugurated the Health Science Institute by cutting the ribbon in a ceremony with participation of Kandahar governor, Mr. Torialai Wisa, on Wednesday. The foundation stone of this institute was laid down by Dr. Suraya Dalil, one and half year ago.
This institute has been constructed by financial support of $ 2.7 million of U.S. army in two floors that each floor has ten teaching classes with capacity of 250 to 300 students.
In spite of the institute building, two other separated apartments have been constructed for staying of male and female students with capacity of more than 200 students and equipped these apartments by solar electricity.
Likewise its related sections such as seven administrative rooms, seven other rooms for teaching materials, a large conference hall, Masjid, (praying Hall) Canteen and etc. were built as well.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the institute, Minister of Public Health Dr. Suraya Dalil congratulated the inauguration of this institute to the people of Kandahar and said: “this is the happiness time for me that I am opening the building where I laid down its foundation stone in early January month of 2011”.
“As one and half year ago, I vowed to provide a place in Kandahar for learning and staying of nursing and midwifery students where through this place, we can solve one of the most important needs of this province and southern zone of Afghanistan. Because the presence of skilled nurses and midwives are so important in this province”, Dr. Dalil added.
Kandahar province among those provinces of the country where is most significant for Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and Afghan government. The long-term war and insecurity situation were caused to create many problems in all part of the country particularly in Kandahar, and now it is the time of that to tackle the problems and provide more services in the province, Dr. Dalil further added.
The Minister of Public health assuring from inauguration of the Comprehensive Health Center (CHC) in Maroof District of Kandahar said this center is ready to provide health services to the patients.
“Summer of the last year when I received a report on diarrhea cases in Maroof District of Kandahar, immediately I traveled to the district to oversee the health situation and provide required health services to the patients, on that time we decided to create a health center in Maroof District”. She said, “Fortunately about four months ago, this center was inaugurated by public health director of Kandahar”.
Maroof District health center is presently activated, but unfortunately it faces to lack of female doctors and midwives, and I hope you should encourage your female health workers to work in that District, she continued.
Dr. Dalil also talked about polio virus saying that eighty polio cases were registered throughout country in last year in which 35 polio cases were happened in Kandahar province, it is mean that Kandahar province had highest polio cases in the country.
the Minister of Public health calling the assistance of the people so importance in preventing of polio virus, asked Kandahar residences to cooperate more with the health teams to improve their children health and prevent permanent disability of the them.
At the meantime, Kandahar governor Torialai Wisa spoke on the issue appreciating this measure of the MoPH related to creation of health science institute and added that the Afghan government and local administrative of Kandahar are striving to provide more services to the people of Kandahar.
Likewise an elder of Kandahar on behalf of others spoke and while thanked from Dr. Suraya Dalil saying that she is inventor and hard worker minister who during her working time in the Ministry of Public Health traveled three time to Kandahar province and paid more attention in improving the health services to the suffered people of Kandahar.
It is pertinent to mention that southern provinces of Afghanistan are suffering from the lack of health workers, particularly female health personnel in the health facilities and with inauguration of this institute, these problems will be solved.